Tag: elite schools

Lately I have been accused of only being concerned with me rather than the kids. Y’know. Selfish.

I don’t take this personally. This has become the chief talking point, the mantra, of the teacher union haters.

I suggest we look at the data.

Both the big Chicago teachers union and our smaller local are presently bargaining.

When these contracts are agreed to, which they inevitably will be, let’s measure the results against what the data shows is best for the students.

Bruce Baker, who writes the schoolfinance101, lists the characteristics of elite schools.

What happens at elite schools would be a good measure of what is best for students. Right? I mean, people like Rahm make sure their kids get the best. That’s why he sends his kids to the very elite Chicago Lab school.

Emergence of Women's March and new student (anti-gun) movements could be key to midterm elections. “Just two years ago, Trump won this district by 20 points. Two years before that, Democrats didn’t even bother running an opponent against the Republican incumbent. You know, I’m really enjoying this radical new Democratic strategy called ‘trying.’” — Sama […]

Are You Walking Out of School on Wednesday? A Basic Primer from the ALCU.(https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/students-free-speech-rights-public-schools)Across the nation on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., students across the country will be making the decision to walk out out of classes for seventeen minutes to protest gun violence and remember the lives sensel […]